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I really hope so Liberty City!

Pre-2004 Heather was neurotic, scheming, self destructive, jealous, somewhat dangerous but she was not a psychopathic lunatic. I am fine with Mulcahey & Korte correcting the mess previous writers going all the way back to Guza and Pratt made of the character. However, it would not my first choice of things they need to fix and as much as Alley Mills is killing it I wish Robin Mattson was who we were seeing on our screens. If Mattson was back I would be happy to have Heather on full time but for me Mills is only needed for story arcs. I always give new headwriters 6 months to turn a show around. They need to wrap up stories, are dealing with contracts, etc. I am hopeful I will start to see a show I recognize and enjoy even if I do not love every story and character. My biggest hope is the hospital becomes the centre of the show again. Bring on the offspring of legacy characters and have them work there - Rick Webber, Jr, Thomas Hardy, Jr, Maya Ward and Lucas Jones to begin with. I would also love to see Serena Baldwin, Dillon Quatermaine, Lucky Spencer, Lulu Spencer and eventually a group of interns that includes Jossyln Jacks, Cameron Webber and Emma Scorpio-Drake. Give Jane Eliot whatever she wants to stick around and keep using what remains of the vets from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

I really hope the launch of The Gates is not rushed. Give MVJ time to flesh out the bible and character bios. Take time to build a quality behind the scenes team with a combination of fresh talent and those who know how soaps work. And cast the best and most suitable actors. This is very exciting!

Hell on wheels Sydney DiMera and bad boy Tyler Kiriakis.

I agree. If L. Virginia Browne has a remained as head writer and they got the casting of Alice correct I think he had the potential to be a long time lead on the show.

Ok thanks for clarifying!! All good! 😀

Donna is this you? I enjoy chatting with you but your response here is unnecessarily aggressive.

Apparently it was unintentional.

I need to reread Eight Years in Another World and Lemay's We Love Soaps interview. I remember him saying in his book something about meeting Dwyer in a restaurant and getting there early so he could purposely sit in her favourite seat. I may have the specifics wrong but I remember thinking how gross it was.

I could not agree more!

Yes to all of the above!

I have mixed feelings about Rauch returning. There is no doubt he could be a brilliant producer but during his last 4 years the show was in some ways a mess. Of course the writing was a big part of the problem but casting was also an issue (i.e. Alice #3, 4 & 5). I do think we would have seen the return of some favourite actors in the final years if Rauch have been there and Victoria Wyndham would most definitely have been front and centre again. Actually as I type this he would have been a hell of a lot better than Charlotte Savitz so the show would have possibly had lasted a few more years longer.

I think Lemay may have had a distaste for “soap” actors like Courtney and Dwyer and had respect for the actors who came from movies like Marlowe & Ford and those from theatre like Watson, Wyndham & McKinsey.

Or you could scroll past any conversation you do not want to take part in like the rest of us do. Well said!

100%!

Doesn't Harding Lemay write about Hugh Marlowe's frustration with Virginia Dwyer in Eight Years in Another World? Lemay was fine with Constance Ford changing dialogue to better fit her character but when Virginia Dwyer did it is she was difficult. Ariana Muenker (Marianne Randolph) spoke of Hugh Marlowe struggling to remember his lines. I think it was in a Locher Room interview. Once again Lemay showed his bias with the actors he preferred.

Great choices. If I had to choose 4 different ones they would be Bill Matthews, Ricky Matthews, Marianne Randolph and Robert Delaney.

Absolutely!! I do give credit to Frank for keeping Genie on the show but the writing for her is less than ideal.

Sally could have left town after finding out that Catlin got Brittany pregnant. Leaving the door open for her return with a new actress down the road. However, Margaret DePriest always wrote for short term shock value instead of long term impact.

I agree with all of this!

I enjoyed Gary Tomlin & Richard Culliton's stint and would have liked for them to have stayed for at least another year.

Another World owns this thread for me. Lee Randolph Bill Matthews Mary Matthews Steve Frame John Randolph Charlie Hobson Julia Shearer Sally Frame Quinn Harding Frankie Frame Ryan Harrison Bridget Connell

Well said!!!

It would have played better to this audience member. Although I thought all of the crossovers should have been temporary with the characters going back to Bay City eventually.

That works for me!